LCSW practice exam questions and answers
Schizophrenia - correct answer A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and
delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions.
Schizophreniform - correct answer Psychotic disorder involving the symptoms of schizophrenia but
lasting less than 6 months.
Schizotypal - correct answer Class A personality disorder. A personality disorder characterized by
extreme discomfort in close relationships, odd forms of thinking and perceiving, and behavioral
eccentricities. Researches believe that symptoms are often linked to family conflict.
Schizoaffective Disorder - correct answer A psychotic disorder involving an uninterrupted period of
disturbance in which there are concurrent symptoms of a mood disorder and the active-phase
symptoms of schizophrenia with at least a tow-week period in which hallucinations and delusions
are present without predominant mood symptoms.
psychotic disorder - correct answer A psychological disorder in which a person loses contact with
reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions. A break in reality
Borderline personality disorder - correct answer a personality disorder characterized by lack of
stability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and emotion; impulsivity; angry outbursts; intense
fear of abandonment; recurring suicidal gestures
intrapsychic conflict - correct answer Conflict within the mind, often due to conflict b/w id, ego,
superego and reality
Brief psychotic disorder - correct answer A psychotic disorder lasting from a day to a month that
often follows exposure to a major stressor.
Delusional disorder - correct answer A. Nonbizarre delusions (i.e., involving situations that occur in
real life, such as being followed, poisoned, infected, loved at a distance, or deceived by spouse or
lover, or having a disease) of at least 1 month's duration.
Schizoid - correct answer Cluster A personality disorder. Persistent avoidance of social relationships
and limited emotional expression.
Schizophrenia - correct answer A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and
delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions.
Schizophreniform - correct answer Psychotic disorder involving the symptoms of schizophrenia but
lasting less than 6 months.
Schizotypal - correct answer Class A personality disorder. A personality disorder characterized by
extreme discomfort in close relationships, odd forms of thinking and perceiving, and behavioral
eccentricities. Researches believe that symptoms are often linked to family conflict.
Schizoaffective Disorder - correct answer A psychotic disorder involving an uninterrupted period of
disturbance in which there are concurrent symptoms of a mood disorder and the active-phase
symptoms of schizophrenia with at least a tow-week period in which hallucinations and delusions
are present without predominant mood symptoms.
psychotic disorder - correct answer A psychological disorder in which a person loses contact with
reality, experiencing irrational ideas and distorted perceptions. A break in reality
Borderline personality disorder - correct answer a personality disorder characterized by lack of
stability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and emotion; impulsivity; angry outbursts; intense
fear of abandonment; recurring suicidal gestures
intrapsychic conflict - correct answer Conflict within the mind, often due to conflict b/w id, ego,
superego and reality
Brief psychotic disorder - correct answer A psychotic disorder lasting from a day to a month that
often follows exposure to a major stressor.
Delusional disorder - correct answer A. Nonbizarre delusions (i.e., involving situations that occur in
real life, such as being followed, poisoned, infected, loved at a distance, or deceived by spouse or
lover, or having a disease) of at least 1 month's duration.
Schizoid - correct answer Cluster A personality disorder. Persistent avoidance of social relationships
and limited emotional expression.
